Your car already notifies you if you wear a seatbelt, but consider if your vehicle also monitored how much alcohol you consumed. The federal transportation bill in the Senate is calling for over $30 million in funds to be designated towards research for...
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Month: March 2012
Preliminary Hearing- Waste of Time?
In McKeldin v. State, 516 S.W. 2d 82 (1974), Justice Joe Henry of the Tennessee Supreme Court stated, "Every criminal lawyer's 'worth his salt' knows the overriding importance and the manifested advantage of a preliminary hearing. In fact, the failure to explore this...
Collateral Consequences of a DUI Arrest/or Conviction in Tennessee
Most everyone who has had a DUI or knows someone who has had a charge or conviction is aware of the legal punishments for first and subsequent enhanced convictions. However, there has been little discussion of the collateral consequences of being convicted or even...
Group Advocates for Wider Use of Ignition Interlocks in DUI Cases
If you are convicted of DUI in Tennessee you may face several types penalties including fines, jail time and license revocation. An additional penalty you may face is having an ignition interlock installed in your vehicle.An ignition interlock is a device which a...